Letterhead of the Pan African Students Organization in the Americas, Inc.: Museum Object and Cultural History
Letterhead of the Pan African Students Organization in the Americas, Inc.: Date: 1960-1977. Created by: Pan African Students Organization in the Americas, American, 1960 - 1977. Type: letters (correspondence).
The object in the museum catalogue
This blank stationery page has the words: [PAN AFRICAN STUDENTS ORGANIZATION / IN THE AMERICAS INC.] typed across the front. The top left corner has a drawing of the outline of Africa with the black power fist in the center. Text reading: [UHURU NA UMOJA / FREEDOM AND SOLIDARITY / YANCI DA HADA KAI] surrounds the illustration.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1960-1977
- Created by: Pan African Students Organization in the Americas, American, 1960 - 1977
- Type: letters (correspondence)
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
- Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted: Africa
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Africa
- Topic: Associations and institutions
- Topic: Black power
- Topic: Correspondence
- Topic: International affairs
- Topic: U.S. History, 1953-1961
- Object number: 2015.97.27.46
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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